We should never wait for science to give us permission to do the uncommon; if we do, then we are turning science into another religion.

Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition.

Eliza Farnham

I actually think happiness is the absence of suffering. It comes from peace. That comes from being careful about desire, judgment, and reaction.

Naval Ravikant

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.

Hazel Rochman

Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.

L'Wren Scott

The British have been more up for it than the Americans were, particularly with respect to nudity in the show. In Europe there are adverts that show the breasts, so people are less frightened of that aspect of the show. Americans can withstand incredible violence on TV shows - which, as I come from England and Canada, I find difficult to stomach - but they are more puritanical when it comes to nudity on screen.

Kim Cattrall, "Sunday Express ma

The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.

William Butler Yeats

I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.

John H. Speke

One of the reasons why it needs no special education to be a Christian is that Christianity is an education itself.

C.S. Lewis

God is more concerned about who you are than what you do, and He is more concerned about what you do than where you do it.

Gary Gulbranson

The creation and sale of most art today is pure prostitution.

Leo Tolstoy

Making a decision to have a child -- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.

Elizabeth Stone

I didn't always want to be a dad.

Liam Gallagher